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The Prophet Muhammad’s Covenant

In the Name of God, the Kind, the Beautiful

I affirm the principles delineated by this charter that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) dictated after a delegation of monks from St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt came to him, seeking his protection. The Covenant reads:

This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.

Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.

No compulsion is to be on them.

Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.

No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses.

Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet.

Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.

No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.

The Muslims are to fight for them.

If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.

Their churches are to be respected.

They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.

No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world).

I promise, to the best of my ability, never to disobey this covenant until the Last Day.

Kindly consider signing the Covenants Initiative at http://www.covenantsoftheprophet.com and spreading the word of “The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World” by John Andrew Morrow (Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis, 2013)